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Sri Lankan American Mohan Seniviratne Perishes In New Years Dive in Coney Island
Wednesday, 10 January 2007 - 2:09 AM SL Time |  | |
The death of Mohan Seneviratne has friends and family mystified at how a traditional New Year`s Day dip into the waters of Coney Island could have ended in absolute tragedy for a promising young man.
The 32-year-old journalist from Manhattan died on Friday after suffering spinal chord and neck injuries while taking a dive into the ocean, a 104-year-old tradition that draws hundreds of novice cold water swimmers each year.
It was a fresh start kind of thing,` said his father, Dr. Upali Seneviratne, speaking softly while pausing to collect himself.
Dr. Seneviratne added that no eyewitness accounts have completely explained what led up to his son`s fateful dive.
Though his son had suffered a severe spinal cord injury, he was in stable condition during the first night after the accident, his father said. But his condition deteriorated over a few days.
`The information is sketchy,` his father said. `I don`t know how it could happen. I don`t know how he could sustain such a serious accident. I would like to find out how.`
Seneviratne was not a member of the Coney Island Polar Bears Club, but his father said he liked the idea of the New Year`s Day ritual.
According to several eyewitness accounts published after the accident, Seneviratne may have dove into shallow water and hit a sandbar headfirst. When he didn`t come up, fellow swimmers pulled him out.
A graduate of Brown University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Seneviratne had worked as a Web producer for the Penguin Group, MSNBC.com and most recently Esquire magazine. He was remembered by friends and colleagues as an avid jogger, voracious reader, a foodie, and a loving friend with a warm smile.
`I came from a small town in Kentucky and I was a little overwhelmed to say the least when I came up here,` said Andrew Sturgill, a friend who worked with Seneviratne at MSNBC.com.
`He just befriended me and took me under his wing. He was one of the most truly genuine people that I have ever met. You know from the moment you met him that he truly cared about you.`
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The 32-year-old journalist from Manhattan died on Friday after suffering spinal chord and neck injuries while taking a dive into the ocean, a 104-year-old tradition that draws hundreds of novice cold water swimmers each year
was he crushed it's very spooky to receive serious injuries.
did MSNBC carry this news ? |
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Sri Lankan American Mohan Seniviratne Perishes In New Years Dive in Coney Island
Dan naethi dewal karanna giyama thamai ohoma wenne!
If you cannot do it is better not to risk the life |
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Extremsport - No risk, no fun! Right! :)) |
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Extremsport - No risk, no fun! Right! :))
True. 3 professional climbers lost their lives in Mt hood Oregon last month . they well aware of the consequences.I have guys who are climbers at work when questioned they said the same above quote. |
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Vimukthi,
I left you a post there, please have a glance. ;-) |
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I grew up with Mohan. He was my closest friend in grade school. I haven't seen him in years. I miss him, he was a great kid. I remember many special times that I spent with his family. They are very nice people. My Condolences.
Jeff Leininger, from South Windsor, Connecticut
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